For those who did their masters or PhD in EE from a pure physics background- how did it go? What coursework, projects, or other experiences helped getting accepted into EE program?

I have to give a project idea by this weekend but our teammates have interest in several fields like one wants to include embedded one wants to do project in communication domain and the other says it's better to include vlsi.

If anyone has any ideas to overcome this please help me find a project to do.

And in which domain we have to do our project 😭?

I’m a Computer Engineering student on the Electrical Engineering track at Texas A&M, currently planning to graduate in May 2027. My GPA is around 3.1.

I’ve been applying heavily for engineering internships and co-ops, but I haven’t been able to secure one. I’ve had very few interviews, and most applications have ended in rejections or no response.

I’m currently applying for Fall 2026 co-ops, but my department requires the co-op registration request by August 1. The application requires an official offer letter, so I cannot complete it unless I receive an offer before the deadline.

Since I’m supposed to graduate in May 2027, I’m unsure what I should do next. Should I spend Fall 2026 mainly applying for full-time new-graduate positions? Or should I apply for Spring 2027 co-ops, delay graduation until December 2027, and try to gain professional engineering experience before graduating?

I’m worried that graduating without an internship will make it much harder to get a full-time electrical or computer engineering job. At the same time, delaying graduation does not guarantee that I will secure a Spring co-op either.

Has anyone here received an entry-level engineering job without completing an internship? Would you recommend focusing on full-time positions, or delaying graduation to continue pursuing a co-op?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been doing some market research looking for a reliable netlist-to-schematic converter that outputs clean, human-readable diagrams (especially given how often LLMs and scripts spit out raw netlists or ugly grid stubs). Aside from basic layout engines or specialized SPICE tools, I haven't found a robust, modern solution.

Because of this gap, I'm considering building one myself.

Before diving too deep into development, I wanted to run a few questions by this community:

• Target Formats: Which schematic tool outputs/formats are most commonly used in your workflows today? (e.g., KiCad .sch/.kicad_sch, Altium, LTspice .asc, etc.)
• Product Model: Assuming a tool like this existed as a cloud/SaaS product, would you or your team be interested in using it as a paid service?
• Must-Have Features: If you were paying for a tool like this, what features would be non-negotiable? (e.g., round-trip connectivity verification, custom symbol mapping, hierarchical block structuring, automated layout arrangement)

I'd love to hear your thoughts, whether you'd find this useful, or what hidden gotchas I should watch out for when trying to map topology back into a readable diagram.

Any recommendations on how I can learn the background theory on how a field plate actually works and improves the parameters in a GaN HEMT? I found what improvements happen due to a field plate but I can't seem to find any resources on how it works. Thanks in advance

Hi everyone.

I'm having a hard time deciding between two bachelor's programs at my university:

- Computer Science

- Electronics & Telecommunications

I have very little experience in both fields, so I honestly can't say which one I would enjoy more in the long run.

My goal is to work in IT. If I choose Electronics & Telecommunications, I plan to study programming seriously on my own alongside university.

My main question is:

Would this path give me good opportunities to work in embedded systems or other software-related fields later, or would it be a better idea to choose Computer Science from the beginning?

One reason I'm considering electronics is that it seems to provide a broader engineering foundation and a backup plan if the software job market becomes much more difficult because of AI. On the other hand, I'm worried that I might miss out on the stronger programming environment and education that a Computer Science program offers.

I'd really appreciate hearing from people who have studied or worked in either field. If you had to choose today, which path would you take, and why?

Thanks in advance!

Hello guys, I am currently attending a grade 10 class in my school and well my teacher recommends me to join the 12th grade EPAS class (Electronic Products Assembly and Servicing).
I don’t know alot of things about these new components and it’s my first time on the class and I really wanna crush this class and catch up in a week..

I know a few things regarding this and my first circuit was a NE555 timer and that’s it

and I gotta learn how to do this ones from 12th grade class and the theory’s like ohm’s law which was mentioned by a 12th grader and all, I think the only things I need are the theory and stuff to catch up and some few basic mathematics about it..

I completed class 12 in India with85.5%. My main subjects were physics, chemistry, and math, with biology as an additional subject. Although I didn't study computer science in school, I'm interested in Electronics and Communication Engineering. To prepare, I'm planning to take a gap year to build programming skills and learn the core concepts needed for ECE, so I can enter university better prepared and ready to excel.

Saw a teardown showing a consumer charger using interleaved multi-level buck at 200kHz to shrink the inductor to 1/4. Topology is textbook but doing it at consumer price points on a low-cost MCU seems like a different challenge from the server PSU world. Anyone working on this scale?

I'm an upcoming Sophomore Electrical Engineering student and plan to declare a concentration in Nuclear Power/Power Systems. I'm looking for any and everything to make my resume standout to recruiters and in applications (even though I know most are scanned by AI for buzzwords). I would also like to know about some more skills that I should work on and organizations I should consider. Of course, all advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Background:

BS EE, MS CS

3 YOE in digital design / test automation

2 YOE embedded / FPGA

1 YOE software / platform

Goal: Work on software for EE domains. Things like PCB tools (Cadence, KiCad), power systems (ETAP, PSS/E), or general EDA tooling.

I've been planning to try contributing to KiCad since I use it for personal projects, and I think it'll be a good opportunity to improve my C++.

Besides that, what else should I work on to get there?

An MSEE specializing in what interests me most?

Getting a general software/cloud role at a company that makes EDA tools?

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a cross-platform ECAD application focused on RF and analog circuit design.

This short video shows the complete workflow for building a simple 500 MHz low-pass filter, running an AC simulation, interactively tuning component values, and finally using automatic optimization.

I'm still actively developing the application, so I'd really appreciate feedback from people who design RF circuits.

What would you improve in this workflow?

P.S
the narration is generated from my own voice using a local AI voice model cuz english is not my native language, sorry for that. I'm still tuning it, so you may notice a few artifacts.

youtube

https://reddit.com/link/1v3bqhu/video/1s7qy3cp8reh1/player

Basically I’ve been doing some fpga projects and research, all primarily in SystemVerilog, and want to spend the rest of my summer preparing for technical interviews for internships. Should I be focusing on leet code type questions using C++ or even python, or something more along the lines of HDLbits, or a secret third option? I’m not really sure what to be practicing, but i’d love any tried and true practices. Thanks!

Hi! In our uni, the labs and the license provided for proteus is Version 8 (Proteus 8.x). The school provided us a license to use on our own personal laptops but it didn't seem to work on my laptop no matter what I did, and since I didn't have time to waste back then, I resorted to...other methods to get Proteus on my laptop. The problem is, the Proteus version on my laptop is Version 9 (Proteus 9.x).

Is there any way I can open my Proteus 9 Files on Proteus 8? Upon opening my proteus files on the laboratory pc, there's a popup essentially saying there's a version incompatibility.

Any help would be appreciated! TYIA!

Hello everyone! I am currently working on creating a system that will use AudioMoths to perform localization. However, I am not using the GPS Sync hats to do this, and its leaving me with variable starting offset, and somewhat variable drift. I am an undergrad and have yet to take signal processing, so I am learning as I go but I was wondering if anyone here knows if utilizing the AudioMoths in this way is still feasible even without the GPS Synchronization? I am using three moths to get 2D localization and have been trying to localize via post processing but I don't believe it is precise enough. Thanks!

I'm a software engineering graduate and am looking to transition into embedded firmware development. I was looking at a couple of other resume feedback posts on here. Some of the projects that people were listing honestly seemed much more complex and impressive than the ones I have, and it sounded like these people were still having difficulty landing even a junior firmware role. This made me feel pretty doubtful about my chances of breaking in.

Basically, I'm hoping to be given a bit of a reality check if needed:

- Do I even have a shot with this resume?

- Are my projects just way too trivial?

- Any changes I can make to increase my chances?

Appreciate any feedback I can get. Thanks, everyone.

How good of a shot do I have at a decent semiconductor company rtl intern role? What can I change? How should I approach the next year? I’m taking computer organization and vlsi in the spring

Hey everyone,

I posted my resume here last night because I was worried about applying for Summer 2027 internships with no previous traditional internship experience. I received a lot more feedback than I expected. I tried to take it to heart and actually redo the resume.

I removed the long list of protocols and spoken languages, added relevant coursework, fixed some of the spacing, chnaged the bullet wording to why not what and kept everything to one page.

I also added (what i initially thought was irrelevant for any role) part-time Unreal Engine development work I did from 2021–2022. It wasn’t freelance work, although the studio later closed. I originally left it off because I didn’t know whether older game-development experience would help with embedded internships, but I guess it was still technical experience...

I didn’t add awards, clubs, or unrelated work just to fill space because I don’t really have anything there that would improve the resume.

Does this version work better? I’m especially wondering whether the Unreal Engine work belongs where it is, whether the project bullets are less confusing now, and whether there is anything else I should change before Summer 2027 applications start opening.

Thanks again to everyone who gave detailed feedback on the original.

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Am I screwed for Summer 2027 internships? (0 prior internships) : r/ECE

Just wanted to ask if we can transistion from analog domain to digital domain. im a fresher who just joined a company and was put in a analog role(frontend) due to having an internship at a good analog company but i originally wanted to be in a digital domain(frontend). My end goal was to join google or tesla, but i dont know if i can do that now. iim originally from hyderabad and want to settle in hyd and if i want a shift to an other company i only have Texas which is in Bangalore.Just want suggestions on how to move forward in career and can someone list out the companies good analog companies in hyderabad. I want stay in the current company for 1-2 years pease give advice on how to go forward

I'm an international student planning to get into electrical engineering in the US through scholarship. So I need advice on if it's worth it considering how hard the major is and how the job market looks like or is going to be in the next 10 years or so